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|summary=Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have to do…
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|title=The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon
|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
|rating=4
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|summary=Look! When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. You finally have your very own pet, a sweet little hamsterTheir greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. You can give her a nameHe's right behind them, smooth down her furspewing hot, watch her do tricks and give her some foodsour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: it won't end well. ) It’s not all fun Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and games with your new hamster however! Of coursevines was lowered for them, every responsible pet owner knows that they need escaped. They climbed up to clean the Tree Wee homes high up after in the tangled woods where they lived with their petGrand Wees, if there are any little accidents..Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406367729</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Meg McLarenB0CC9W7GLR|title=Pigeon P.I.On the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=35|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=The world Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of birds is in a flapsilvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. They're being nabbed – plucked from On top of the air (or at least from their cages)ice was a polar bear. Murray MacMurrayAs the ice bumped onto the sand, the brilliant pigeon private eye, doesn't want anything to do bear woke and with crime now his old partner has flown wobbly legs moved from the roostice. Kit was all for making a run for it, but an eager Teal knew that the bear was hungry and bright young thing might just about persuade gave him to take up the caseone apple and then another. But both will have He obviously needed to be plucky taken home on the bus and given a good meal and somewhere to survive the dangers it leads to…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783444835</amazonuk>sleep. What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eric Veille1913839656|title=My Pictures after the StormLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary= One of Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the staples of baby books are those that look at oppositesbest beetle juice. This elephant is big, whilst this mouse is smallHe packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. They help children She had promised to take him to understand the world around them, but can also be a little dullFriday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. What about a more interesting book about cause At home, his only friend was his mum and effect he wondered why that looks at what happens before and after an eventcould be. You could start off gently by seeing what happens to items after a storm, but if you are Eric Veillé you can soon spiral into a madcap world of elephant stampedes and babies being bornGrandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571045</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kristyna Litten1529504775|title=Norton The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and AlphaKatie Hickey
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|summary=We are used Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the world around us park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and every even just standing up was very difficult. One day take amazing things for granted; Elsie spotted a sunset, or that cold bite bus in the air that makes you want toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to go and walk use the dogcoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. To a robotGradually, David learned to stand up, use the bus for support, our world would look pretty strange as everything would be newand walk behind it. What would you think Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and rusted, to the Repair Shop, hoping that the first time experts there could make it so that you happened upon a flower?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471145778</amazonuk>her grandchildren could play with it.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Elliott1529504767|title=Dalmation on a Digger|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=What's all that noise just outside the bedroom window? ''DUGGER DUGGER DIGGER'' It woke our young pup up! ''DUGGER DUGGER DIGGER''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782025960</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Jorg Muhle|title=Bathtime for Little RabbitAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=Bathing a child normally goes one Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn't have worried though as she went to the home of two ways; they love itMr and Mrs Russell, or they hate itwho couldn't have been kinder to her. Very rarely will you find a child that sits in the bath with a nonplussed expression on their face, suffering the ridicules of hygiene with an air of indifferent sanguineShe even had her own room - all to herself. You are much more likely Gradually she relaxed and began to have a child that splashes water everywhere in enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the hopes of finding that one gap in baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the grouting, or a child that will arch their entire body in decorations on the hope that doing so will prevent them touching anything wetChristmas tree. A book that teaches a toddler how bathtime is meant to be may just help your nightly routine, but also greatly entertain everyoneThe best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571371</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Duncan Beedie1916459943|title=The Lumberjack's BeardSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating=4.5
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|summary=Jim Hickory is Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a Lumberjack of routinesqueakily baby. Every morning, after He's so tired but he gets upcan't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he does just lies on his limbering up exercises (very important for a lumberjack!)blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, then he eats his breakfast hush''. Think of pancakes with maple syrup, before finally getting his trusty axe gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and heading out into you have the forestsound perfectly. One day, however, this routine becomes interrupted when he hears someone peckThe mermaids join in -pecking at his door''la lou, only to discover itla lay...'s a small owl who has been made homeless by Jim's tree felling. Jim allows the owl And for a moment it seems to set up home in have worked as Baby closes his big bushy beard, without realising just quite eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what he is letting himself in for…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783706880</amazonuk>'s going to happen next.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Rosen and Tony Ross140639131X|title=Barking A Practical Present for BagelsPhilippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=Philippa Pheasant was ''Barking for Bagelstired'' is of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the story of Schnipp Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the dog, who loves her owners very much, though she does find their snickering problem but didn't even get a little annoying from time to timereply. One day, whilst out for Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a walk in problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the park, she starts to run away, school crossing and she finds decided that once she starts running she can't stop, would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and she runs and she runs until she finds Bessie lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the Bagel lady crossing and thus discovers her new favourite food, and her new homeHedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178344505X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Antony1776574338|title=Thank You, Mr PandaLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=Mr Panda is back! And this timeEvery morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, rather than makes his box of doughnutsway through the city, picking up children as he has a large pile goes. Children who live at the top of presents for all tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his friendsneck. Accompanied by his friendIt's perfect, isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the ring-tailed Lima, city: he goes around giving out the presents, whilst Lima helpfully reminds everyone on the receiving end that ''its always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's the thought longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that counts'he can' since it turns out that Mr Panda is perhaps not t be the best judge of gift giving!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144492785X</amazonuk>bus anymore.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Greg Gormley and Steven Lenton1776574028|title=Fairytale Frankie and the Mermaid EscapadeBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
|rating=4
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|summary=If you think about it enough it I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is amazing how many characters in fairytales are thick. How long would aimed at quite a niche market: it take you to figure out that was not your Nan's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but a wolf? Or, how many people would decide has mastered sufficient language skills to start eating a house have realise that appears to be made out of gingerbread, but is overseen by what looks like a crazy lady? you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. Nope, We have the only reason that fairytale characters make it half the time is because elephant who dons a sensible tutu - and brave character saves the day; an intelligent brick laying pig, or becomes a feisty woodsman''balletphant''. Your average story dweller needs The buffalo who has had a guardian angel bath (complete with yellow duck) and this may just come in the form of Fairytale Frankiethen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408333872</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sophy Henn1838226834|title=EdieCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=54
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|summary=Edie is a gorgeous little girl and with the sort It was one of nature which those memories we all hope that treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our children will have in abundancegrandparents. SheThey's just so ''helpful''. For instance, she's gets up extra early herself just so that she can make certain that everybody else in re there to undo all the house gets up in good time. The cymbals work well on her brother, but if not, dragging him out of bed usually achieves the desired result. As for her that parentsdo, playing her guitar and serenading them usually does so the tricktrips out were always so much fun. She's an independent A young lady and likes boy was going to dress herself. Itthe carnival with his Grandad, who told him: 's not 'It'exactlyll be brilliant, just remember, don't let go of my hand.' school uniform and her mother might well be wondering where some of her clothes have got to - but what's a girl to do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141365005</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Roger HargreavesB09MYXSRV4|title= My Mummy|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In Otter''My Mummy'' we learn of all the ways Mummy is wonderful. And, funnily enough, her positive attributes are quite a lot like those singular, nominal traits beheld by certain Little Misses. For example, she is happy like Little Miss Sunshine, she is curious about things like, erm, Little Miss Curious, s Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and she enjoys her cake, just like Little Miss Greedy. Ooops.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405285508</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewHare|author=Wendy Meddour and Rebecca Ashdown|title=The Glump and the Peeble Cordellya Smith|rating=34
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|summary=When does someone learn who they truly are? the world was made, the animals were given gifts. As Bear was given strength so that he could become a baby, you don't know what your feet are, so any sense of true self-discovery is going to at least wait until you are out of nappiesprotector. As Water Spider received a child you start to strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the worldpresent ''and'' the future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, but most of us only see our part in not the ability to use itwell. Enter your teenage years and twenties and you start He liked to understand what role you play in life, but do you really know yourself? trick other animals. If you are lucky, very lucky, you may start He was also jealous which was how he came to figure stuff out be in your thirties a race with Turtle. You might think that's not a fair contest but wait and know who you see. Things are and what you want to donot always as they seem. Things may have happened a little quicker if I'll tell you had read more books as a child all how it came about being whomever you want to be.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807100</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=George Szirtes and Tim ArchboldRob Keeley|title=How to be a Tiger|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=''Wet again, yet againCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees! Down it drips, little fingertips, tapping and snapping as if the rain were cross.''<br>''See the branches toss? See the puddles grow? Has it stopped raining?NO.'' Yes, sometimes only a quote will do. After all, we do come to poetry for snappy concision, and that's what we get here…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910959200</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Ellie Sandall |title=Everybunny Dance |rating=4.5
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|summary=Children's book have a long history of the lion lying down with the lamb when most adults understand that the only thing that the lamb would be lying on is the lining of the lion's stomach Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. HoweverWhen her friends at school turn up their noses, there Lily is plenty of time keen to learn about what creature eats what creature explain how good they are for you and perhaps we should just allow children how nice to imagine eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, who explains that bunnies fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the ground. Jordan says, "I did try to dance the night away tell her, Miss!" and perhaps even get along with a foxeveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444919865</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carna BrooksB09FFJF8YS|title=What are Aunties Made Of?You Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=We all know what little boys and ''For the big, grownup girls are made ofout there, the potty masters in training, although I have to confess to having always been just "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a little bit jealous cry (the big-girl kind!) of the puppy dog tails toilet triumph and quite willing to pass on the sugar, spice, slugs and snailspersevering panty pride. But what are ''aunties'' made of? Could it be:
And so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the flowers, nor the fish, nor the birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to know it!}} {{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn'Smelly old cars t find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and old milk jars?everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''<br>Everybody Potties!''Or fragrances of lavender series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and roses in our noses?calmly, with the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1524666424</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carol Ann Duffy and Lydia MonksB09BG8V3Q6|title=Queen Munch Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Queen NibbleSeema Amjad
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|summary=Queen Munch and Queen Nibble are two very different queens, in two very different kingdoms. Queen Munch, as you might imagine from her name, really loves her food. Her Saturdays begin with 'The Munching of the Breakfast' which Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is a grand extravaganza that her people all come and watch involving a grand setting, the Royal Musicians playing latest release in the 'Queen Munch Tune', dancing and an important reader Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the menu, a delicious breakfast all finished off pain out of potty training children and replace it with a nice belch from the Queen! Queen Nibble, then, is much the opposite of Queen Munchsome fun. She is tall and 'It'as pale as s a stick of celery''! She lives aloneworthy aim, barely eats, but she makes beautiful jewellry from raindropsas any frustrated parent will tell you. One day, Queen Munch invites Queen Nibble over for a visit, and what will happen when these two extremely different rulers come together?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509829261</amazonuk>.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julian Gough and Jim FieldB07GZ81J7C|title=Rabbit and Bear: The Pest in the Nest|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Rabbit was struggling. There he was having a nice, peaceful sleep in his friend Bear's cave when a terrible noise woke him. Was it thunder? No, it was Bear snoring. Very loudly. Rabbit tried putting his paws over his ears although that's not very successful when you have small paws and very big ears. But there was something good: when Rabbit went outside When Fred the cave he realised that spring had sprung. Suddenly he felt ''strong''. After a winter spent in his friend Bear's cave it was time to go home to his burrow. Only there was a surprise lurking there - Snake Got Squished and it looked suspiciously like a snake.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444934260</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewMended|author= Jodie Parachini and Daniel Rieley|title= This is a Serious BookPeter Cotton|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= If you want a silly book, this is not the one for you. This is, as the title says, a ''serious book''. And just so there's no doubt, it shows you all the things you won't find in this book (because they are silly and this is serious). So we see pictures of donkeys pulling silly faces and doing backflips but only as a warning. They are examples to show us what we ''won't'' find in this book. For they are silly things (yuck).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571329462</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Simon Philip and Ella Bailey|title=I Don't Know What to Call My Cat|rating=3.5
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|summary=Getting a new pet is rife with things that Meet Fred. Well, actually, you have 're going to dobe meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. Where will they sleep? But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. What will they eat? And, Fred is a snake and even those of course, what on Earth us who have a phobia about snakes are you going to call them? warm to him. Giving He arrived as a pet present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the right name family, to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they are tiny can be an issue in itself – went out for a cute fluffy dog can grow into a massive hound called Fluffy, or you could call your male cat Clairewalk. Perhaps it would help if And that was where the animal itself could tell you what name they want?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471124134</amazonuk>problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=That's Not How You Do ItEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Lucy the cat knows how to do everything. YesCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, she is one of those dreadful know-it-alls who can build a tower, play the xylophone, eat with a knife and fork...as any parent will tell you name it, she can do it! Everyone knows that she's the best at all of these things, so she's the one they go to if they need help. One day, howeverBut really, there's a new panda in town, Toshi, and Lucy watches him and sees that he doesnwhy shouldn't know how it be? We all have to do anything right at all! His music is strange, and he eats differently learn about our bodily functions just as we have to everyone learn about everything else, and he canwhen we are small. Why shouldn't make paper starspotty training be as much fun as, say, only some weird-looking bird! Lucy finds this more learning about why the sun and more frustrating until she suddenly can't contain herself any longer and she tells Toshi that he's doing everything wrong…the moon take turns in the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846439280</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Rebecca Lisle Justine Avery and Richard WatsonNaday Meldova|title=Stone UnderpantsNo, No, No!
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|summary=Poor Pod has They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a chilly bottomBookbag favourite. ''No, No, No! His leafy clothing '' is just not cutting itbased around the simplest text imaginable. ''No, and he needs to find an alternative. But what can he use to make himself some pants? This is a madcap story that will see Pod wearing everything from stone pants to feather pantsno, to evenno! Okay, in desperation I suspectokay. Yes, some pants made from spideryou may.'' That's websit! Will he ever manage to find something suitable to make his pants from?But, like all the best picture books, this tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it appears on the outside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848862210</amazonuk>1638820457
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kyo Maclear and Julia Sarda194812467X|title=The Liszts|rating=3|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=When you read enough children's books you start to be able to pick up patterns in the genre. There are books that are aimed at the child alone and alienate the adult and there are those that cater for both. Perhaps the oddest grouping is those children's books that are seemingly designed for adults to enjoy and do not appeal to children. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445157</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewFarm Shop|author= Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan Chermayeff|title= Sun Moon Star|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In his own delightfully imaginative way Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of the birth of Christ in this unique and long out of print children's book. Told from the perspective of the new born infant in his first hours of birthDevon Avery, this charming little story feels different to other children's Christmas books whilst at the same time goes back to the basics in exploring the true nature of Christmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609807243</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Gwen Jackson and Lissa Calvert|title=Lump Lump and the Blanket of Dreams: Inspired by Navajo Culture Justine Avery and FolkloreEma Tepic
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|summary=In Kirelle and her best friend Sam the fir tree cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in the forest there were two holes: her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the small hole at top of the top Blue Bird livedhill, but the they see a big hole, in the ground below the fir tree was the home of Mother Bear and her little bear, Lump Lumpbarn with a sign outside. It was coming to the time when bears should be hibernating, but Lump Lump wanted to run in the forest and eat more honey. Somehow he didn't think that sleeping could be ''that'' much fun. Blue Bird sang him s a farm shop! But this is a song about farm shop with a blanket of dreams difference: all the stallholders and Lump Lump ''had'' to have onecustomers are farmyard animals. There was a snag though - before the blanket could be woven Lump Lump had to collect the white light of morningare sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, the red light of eveningand even some mice. Excited, the falling rain Kirelle and the rainbow for Spider Woman to weave into his blanketSam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1460299299</amazonuk>What will they buy?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Gary Sheppard Sadie and Tim Budgenthe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=As Nice as Pie Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3.5
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|summary=The day Sadie's mother always said that you build that bird table and set out some nuts you are unwittingly creating she was a millstone for your own neckdreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. From now on your inner voice is going She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to keep telling you to keep spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all the houses cowered in the gloom,''<br>''To the food topped upMaritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. What will happen She'd love to those poor little birdies should they go without, will you be to blame for their hunger? sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. Worse than One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the voice in your head is if closing bell and the birds themselves started to demand more foodattendant's warning shout. Could you deal with When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a cheeky chaffinch or a rabid robin? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862229</amazonuk>world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Lina Sunderland and Daniel Egneus1782227741|title= Raven Child and the Snow Witch|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= A beautiful story of hope, family and love. In the frozen north and safe away from the icy wilderness, young Anya lives a happy care-free life in the Snow Garden. She plays, she is at one with the animals and she dreams. On one day, no different from any other, Anya’s mother sets off on a journey to the glacier to collect a special flower to plant in the Snow Garden. Anya waits for her mother’s return and keeps busy throughout the day. After a long while of waiting Anya falls asleep and dreams of a terrible event involving the most dreadful enchantress of them all – the Snow Witch. From here on, Anya becomes determined to find and save her mother but she has no idea what lies ahead. Can Anya pit her wills against the frozen wilderness, the wild wolves and ultimately the Snow Witch herself?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783704187</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewLittle Gold Ted|author= Surya Sajnani|title= Farm|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this sturdyVanessa Wiercioch, interactive board book little ones have clues to animals you might find on the farm, and can then slide the pieces of picture round on the facing page to uncover the answer.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493660X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Surya Sajnani|title= Hush...Little Bear is Sleeping|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this somewhat ironic interactive board book, Baby Bear is trying to sleep but other animals around him keep making a noise. I say ironic because this would otherwise be a perfect bedtime story, but because it's a ''press and listen'' book with sound effects on every page, it's far too much fun and more likely to get them engaged and playing than carefully drifting off to slumber.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784936626</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Eoin Colfer Poppy Satha and Oliver Jeffers|title=Imaginary FredSasha Satha
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|summary=Fred is an imaginary friend. He really loves being an imaginary friendOne day, and he throws himself Gold Ted falls into his role wholeheartedly whenever he is a puddle. It'summoned' by s quite a childdeep puddle and the water is swirling. The problem Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is that his children always end up finding sucked down a real friend, and then they don't need him, and slowly he fades away until drain on the wind whisks him away into side of the clouds where he waits until he is summoned once morestreet. Finding himself When he becomes Samdown in the sewer, Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE''s friend he thinks that all his dreams have come true - they like cries and alerts the attention of Reg the same thingssewer rat, they have so much fun togetherwho plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, but Fred has which might look just a funny feeling in his imaginary tummy that one day, Sam won't need bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him any more either…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>000812616X</amazonuk>up with a nice bowl of broth.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Yuval ZommerB08R7LXQ9S|title=One Hundred SausagesRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal|rating=4.5
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|summary=MmmRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, sausages! Everyone knows together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that dogs have special hearing little bit further when it comes to the discussion of what's for dinnerother kids are around. So, especially when Remy reacts, it comes to sausages. My mum used to hide the worming tablets in sausages looks as our dog would eat though he was the sausage so fast instigator. And then he wouldngets into trouble at school and the teachers don't notice the tablet. Well, most times! Anyway, this book is all about one particular dog's love of sausages, and what happens believe him when he is falsely accused of stealing all of the town's sausages!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783705752</amazonuk>tries to explain what happened.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet1471191303|title=Gordon's Great EscapeThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=The life of the humble balloon This is one full of fear and dangers. Imagine going out of the house each day and all that protects your vulnerable self is a thin sheet story of taut rubber. Even if you do get to survive into your dotageIsobel, this is not a long timelittle girl who made a big difference. Who has not left Isobel lived with her parents in a balloon alone for house - a week or sovery cold house, it starts because her parents couldn't afford to sag and go wrinkly until it is nothing more than a floppy bag. Depressing as this may be, Gordon put the balloon looks heating on : ''Ice curled across the bright side inside of life the window and is determined to enjoy every moment he hascrept up the corner of the bedpost.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471143635</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Caryl Hart The family didn't go to the cinema or on holidays but they had each other and Ed Eaves|title= How to Save a Superhero|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= It's just an ordinary day for Albie – he's playing with his toys just like any little boythey were happy. However little does he know that his Then the day is going came when they couldn't afford the rent for the house and they had to move to be super in more ways than onethe far side of the city. This is another fantastic adventure in part of the next in the series of books by Carol Hart city was cold, sad and lonely and Ed EavesIsobel felt invisible. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>147114478X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Valerie Thomas Nick Jones and Korky Paul Si Clark|title=Winnie and Wilbur Meet Santa One Night in Beartown
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|summary=Winnie Many children have an obsession and Wilbur are writing their letters to Santa. Wilbur wants lots of things including a wind up mouseSandy Lane, tins of sardineswho lives in Beartown, and a cuddly blanketis obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Winnie, howeverHer favourite toy is Berisford, just wants a lovely surprise. When Christmas Eve arrives that is what she gets – but it's not exactly the surprise that Santa had in mindteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. He gets stuck in their chimney for so long that he might not have time to deliver all the presents. Luckily Winnie and Wilbur find him in time andEvery night, for once, Winnie's magic seems to be working.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192747371</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=David Walliams and Tony Ross |title=There's a Snake in My School! |rating=5|genre=For Sharing |summary=Miranda loves to be different so no one is really surprised when she arrives at school on Bring-your-pet-to-school Day riding on the back looks out of an enormous slithery python called Penelope. But they are a bit frightened. After all, pythons EAT people. Miranda, however, soon convinces her classmates that Penelope is both friendly bedroom window and lots of fun says goodnight to play withthe bear statue outside. It looks like it's going Every morning she says hello to be the best day of school EVER. But that's before Miss Bloat, the headmistressBee Bear, intervenes and locks up all the pets. Luckily Penelope has a special talent colourful painted bear that will save the daylives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0008172706</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]